Internet Activities Board

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The Internet Activities Board was an early oversight and coordination body for the development of Internet protocols and architecture, later evolving into what is now known as the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet governance body
standards organization
areaServed global
basedOn TCP/IP networking model
country United States
dissolved 1989
fieldOfWork TCP/IP protocol suite
host requirements
network management
routing architecture
standardization of Internet protocols
followedBy Internet Architecture Board
goal coordinate activities of Internet task forces
ensure coherent evolution of the Internet
promote long-term architectural guidance for the Internet
hasCommittee task forces
hasMember U.S. government networking program representatives
engineering community representatives
research community representatives
hasSuccessor Internet Architecture Board
inception 1983
influenced Internet Architecture Board
Internet standards governance
evolution of Internet protocols
language English
meetingLocation United States
namedAfter Internet
notableWork coordination of early Internet protocol deployment
definition of Internet standards process
oversight of Request for Comments series
operatingDomain Internet
Internet architecture
Internet protocols
computer networking
parentOrganization Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Society
partOf Internet standards process
precededBy Internet Configuration Control Board
reorganizedAs Internet Architecture Board
role coordination of Internet architecture
liaison among Internet research and engineering groups
oversight of Internet protocol development
strategic planning for Internet standards
shortName IAB
supervisedOrganization Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Research Task Force
RFC Editor


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